Ramiel forcibly carried Mana to his car and they went to Tokyo. Going to his restaurant in order to have a nice little meeting with Erina.
"Where are we going? This is a kidnapping, I'll sue you!" Mana huffed and Ramiel sighed. "I already told you woman, I'm the illuminati. I control everything behind the scenes. No matter what you do, you won't make a difference."
"W-what? Illuminati? What's that?" Mana was confused. "See, you don't even know what it is. We're just going to see Erina while she's studying really well in my restaurant. It's their Stagiaire right now." Ramiel shrugged and stepped on the gas.
He fired up the music and he was drifting in Tokyo. "Ahhh! You'll get us killed! You're going too fast!" Mana held on to the handle at the top of the door and he chuckled.
"I wonder if you know, how they live in Tokyo. If you see me then you mean it then you know you have to go!" He sang in front of her face. He wasn't even looking on the road.
"You're crazy! You're gonna kill us you bastard!" Mana screamed and the tires of his Bugatti screeched in the streets of Tokyo.
"Calm down, we're here already woman. Live with a little bit of excitement in your life." He rolled his eyes and Mana was sure she peed herself a little bit.
"Come on, let's go." He sighed and carried her like a sack of potatoes. They entered the restaurant Erina was in and he told her to wait there.
Ramiel went into the kitchen and he stared at Erina. "Oi, Erina. I have a special order for you. Make your own dish, the best that you can make. It's a special order, you are excused today."
Erina who was exhausted was confused and tilted her head. "Ahh, Megumi. You have to keep up the pace for Erina because she won't be available. You understand right? Some people just won't be going to work." He grinned at Megumi and she felt her soul slip out of her mouth.
He then went to sit with Mana and they waited for Erina's dish. "What are you planning?" Mana squinted her eyes at him and was really suspicious of what he was going to do.
"Nothing really, it won't be a problem for you. Why are you so wary of me anyway?" Ramiel crossed his arms and huffed at her.
"You bastard, are you really going to ask that!? My butt still hurts and... And... You violated my mouth!" She shouted out and everybody looked at her and started whispering.
"Are you sure you really want to let everybody know what I just did to you?" He smirked and Mana blushed like a tomato in shame.
"Bastard... I promise that I will get my revenge on you. The Nakiris always pay their debts!" She slammed the table in anger, her blood pressure rising.
"Then pay me now, or your interest will increase exponentially. I cured your god tongue, what do you think is the appropriate payment for that?" He raised a brow and Mana was stumped.
"T-that's... That's different, you know what I'm talking about." She grinded her teeth and didn't notice that he was just messing with her.
A waiter served a dish to them and Mana tilted her head. "Is this one of the dishes in your restaurant?" Mana was curious and he nodded. "Give it a taste then."
It was a pasta dish, because Erina has been observing his restaurant at the cost of her rest and sanity. Babel is open 24/7, so she stayed at his Italian restaurant and she copied everything she could.
Mana tasted it and she was blown away. "I-it really is true. My accursed palate has been cured. It just tastes delicious... Plain delightful, I have never eaten something that I can enjoy like this." Mana frowned and remembered why she left Erina.
"Waiter, can you get the chef." Ramiel ordered and after a few minutes, Erina appeared. "O-okaa-sama?" She was shocked and Mana looked down on shame.
"Long time no see, Erina... You've grown." With her obsession about the god tongue gone, she remembers how much of a terrible mother she has been.
"Okaa-sama... What are you doing here?" Erina felt nervous and she got defensive as a result. "Don't worry about it Erina. Mana just wanted to visit her daughter. Taste her dishes and such." Ramiel explained and he squinted his eyes at Mana.
"Y-yes. This is delightful Erina, you have grown wonderfully as a chef as well." Mana tasted it again to show she wasn't lying and Erina was shocked.
"I'll leave you two here for now." Ramiel stood up and left them. Erina sat down and she stared at Mana. An awkward silence between them.
"W-why did you leave me... With that man." Erina looked down on the ground and remembered her traumas. Her father just made her cook everyday, until her hands bled. Obsessed with turning her into the perfect chef.
Mana couldn't answer. Now that she thought about it, her reasons and obsession were shallow. It was simply neglect as she rationalized that curing her god tongue was good for Erina as well. When she was just doing it for herself.
"I... Forgive me Erina." Mana looked at her and Erina bit her lip until it was bleeding. "Do you know how hard it was? To be shaped into something by your own parent? Every single day, it was cooking. Every minute it was studying to be the best. Treating me like a machine that needs to be perfect."
Mana didn't know what her father did to her. But she was having an idea now. A little child that was robbed of her childhood and mother. "Erina..."
"Grandfather told me that you went on a journey to cure a disease of yours. But do you think I buy that? It fooled me when I was young, but you didn't contact me even once. Not a single letter or word from you. You abandoned me, at my father's hands." Erina started tearing up in anger.
"Azami... You're dead meat." Mana frowned and she tried reaching out to Erina with her hand. "Don't touch me!" Erina was breathing heavily and immediately went back to the kitchen.
"How foolish of me... I thought that Azami would at least take care of her." Mana sighed and after her realization. It was like an open wound on her heart, seeing her only child loathe her.
"Moron, that's what you get." Ramiel teased her from the side and Mana cried. "Stop crying, you deserve that woman. You're 30 plus years old, stop being a little bitch and talk to your daughter." He huffed at her.
"L-leave me alone!" Mana was distraught. "Shut up, you don't get to tell me what to do. Everything is your fault. Remember that, she has been through abuse from you and her father. And that's on you, you shouldn't even have a kid if you will just abandon it. What a useless woman you are." He ingrained it in her mind.
Mana was left alone on the table and she thought of where it all went wrong.
"Hah, that woman pisses me off. Hmm, Alexandra's rushing me. Fine, a nice change of pace should be good." Ramiel said goodbye to the others and told them to take care of everything.
He travelled in the void and navigated the streams to where Alexandra was. He arrived in some kind of forest and checked where they were.
"Over there, why are they in a forest anyways?" Ramiel flew to their location and saw the base of night raid. "Wait a minute, this place looks familiar?" He raised a brow and walked up to the base.
He was suddenly attacked by a beam and he shrugged it off. "What was that?" He didn't even feel it and dusted his clothes.
"What!? My pumpkin didn't even leave a scratch!?" A girl with pink hair was shocked. A person that got shot by a Teigu and didn't even receive any damage.
Sheele appeared in front of him and bowed at him. "I'm very sorry." She tried snipping him with her giant scissors, Ramiel held the middle with his bare hands and remembered. "Ahhh, this is night raid's base."
He then smirked and stared right at the woman in front of him. He yoinked the scissors from her and started wielding it like it was his weapon since he was born.
"Kukuku~ The empire has finally found your base, night raid. It is time to bring you to justice." Ramiel chuckled like a villain and challenged them.
An invisible Bulat tried stabbing him with his spear, but sparks erupted. With Ramiel blocking it with the scissors.
He then snipped the spear in half. "This is bad! He's compatible with Extase!" Bulat cried out and the other members of night raid appeared.
Akame went at him immediately and they exchanged blows. Murasame, Akame's sword got deflected really hard and thrown away as Ramiel kicked Akame to oblivion.
A beam was fired again from a top of a hill, but it was deflected by Ramiel and he grinned at the assassins. "What is this? So weak, is this all that the empire's enemies can do?"
Bulat gritted his teeth and went into cqc against him. Though before he could throw a punch, he was whacked on the face with the scissors. Shattering the helmet of Incursio.
Strings started binding Ramiel, but he pulled on it and a green haired young man that was controlling the strings flew at him and he slugged him on the face. Dropping on the ground like a ragdoll.
Ramiel then put up an illusion as he snapped Bulat's head 180°. "Bulat! You bastard!" The pink haired girl fired at him constantly. Ramiel picked up the green haired guy and used him as a shield. Horrifying the marksman.
"Kukuku~ Is this everything you can do? You're dropping like flies." Ramiel laughed and they were in a pinch in their minds.
Akame used her trump card and sliced her arm with her cursed blade. Black markings appeared all over her and her sclera turned black.
"Akame!? No way, using that." Sheele was concerned. With a burst of speed, the black haired girl tried blitzing him and giving him a cut. But in the last second, her blade hit Sheele and Akame went wide eyed.
"N-no way." Akame was losing morale and Ramiel grinned at her. "You guys really like to kill your comrades don't you?" He raised his hand and the pink haired marksman went to him and he held her on the neck.
"How about this one? You think you can do it? Stab me with your little sword and kill her too?" Ramiel smiled sadistically and Akame was having a dilemma.
"Do it Akame!" The girl cried out. But before she could do so, they heard a clap and Alexandra went up to him. "Nii-sama, you're here." She hugged him and Ramiel dropped the girl.
"Ohh, yes I am. You've been messaging me like crazy." He sighed and the illusion was taken off. The supposedly killed ones were just unconscious and Akame lost strength on her legs.
"Detoxify, curaja. Geez Ramiel-nii, she cursed herself for that little boost you know? Are you okay Akame? She might get some PTSD from this." Tifa sighed at his antics.
Ramiel ignored her and patted Tifa's head. "So? Why'd you guys call me anyway? You can just kill every noble in sight and be done with it."
"Ahh, you see. It's because I wanted to be learn a bit. Be more sneaky like you and control the empire without even lifting a finger." Alexandra was embarrassed a bit for asking his help.
"Hmmm, good choice. We can do that here, it will be good practice for you two." Ramiel nodded in agreement.
"W-who is he, Alexandra..." Akame was still shaken and checked every single one of her team mates if they were still alive.
"He's my twin brother, Ramiel. And he showed you just how unprepared you guys are for a raid." Alex huffed at her and the others started waking up.
Ramiel returned Extase to Sheele and they were really wary of him. "Alexandra... So he's your brother? You could've told us he was coming... Hello, I am Najenda." A short haired woman with a prosthetic arm shook his hand.
"Sorry, I forgot. And it really showed you how flawed your base is. He just walked up and invaded the place without any warning." Alexandra reminded them again and they nodded.
The pink haired girl gasped when she woke up. "Lubbock!" She was panting and looked around. Sighing in relief when she saw the green haired guy still alive and well. Thinking that she vaporized him with her weapon.
"Hieee!" She immediately backed off when she saw Ramiel and he smirked at her. Having some trauma. "What? You attacked me out of nowhere and you think I won't retaliate? You think too highly of yourself girl." Ramiel snorted.
"Alexandra... You should have really told us that your brother was coming." Bulat gave a wry smile and she raised a brow. "I already showed you his picture. It's your fault for attacking him, be grateful he didn't kill you."
"Okay, okay. Let's put that behind us now everyone. Actually, you are pretty lucky that he didn't kill you outright." Tifa sided with Alexandra as they knew what he looked like and they attacked him with the intent to kill him instantly.
"Okay everyone, we will be having a revolution!" Ramiel shouted out and hyped them up. "We're going to play a game." Ramiel smirked and the members of night raid stared at him.
"Are you going to do something different, nii-sama?" Alexandra was excited to see how he'll overturn the empire.
"Well, there's already assassins here. And I know just how we will do this. Attack at many fronts." He smiled and patted Tifa and Alex's head. "You will be plants in the empire. They will accept you with open arms to be their strongest warrior."
"The two of you will sabotage nobles and anyone you can to weaken the empire's economy. Night raid will kill any corrupt business moguls and we'll take over them with Alexandra and Tifa as the conduit. They will be too valuable to even try to assassinate." He could already envision it in his head.
They would be high ranking officials immediately in the empire and the prime minister can't touch them. The two of them will be fed businesses and other economic advantages until they will be the supreme rulers of the country.
Alex or Tifa can be a royal guard and just stick to the child monarch. Slowly brainwash him so he would be out of the prime Minister's machinations.
While the other haul and siphon the riches and power of the empire. Draining them dry of all the major businesses. Countries cannot function without money after all.
The prime minister and his cohorts can try all he can to get back their power. But with the emperor in the palm of their hands. And economic power at their grasp. They would be fighting a losing battle that they cannot win.
"Okay, Tifa we will be going to the capital tomorrow. Najenda, investigate every business run by nobles and the such. Assassinate them all when we tell you to." Alex ordered.
"I mean, haven't you guys been fighting against the empire's regime for some time now? Shouldn't this be what you should've done in the first place? Just killing them will bring replacements immediately." Ramiel sighed and thought they were too incompetent.
"Yeah, it's like you want to kill your operators or something. They won't be successful every time. They'll mess up once and it will be the end for them. Then your elite assassin squad will die one by one and you'll inevitably lose the fight." Tifa analyzed what will happen to them.
Najenda gritted her teeth and didn't think about a plant. They were elite assassins. And Leone wasn't wanted by the empire at all. She would be perfect as a double agent.
They made plans the whole night and night raid had a full schedule of infiltrations while Ramiel control everything from the dark. Tifa and Alex will apply to be in the government force.
Bulat and Leone were in overtime for being invisible and not known by the empire. While the others steered clear of the capital. Gathering information outside where it's more safe.
Alexandra and Tifa went to the capital once again and they applied to be soldiers. "I've got a better job for you two." The officer eyed them with desire and Tifa immediately blew his head apart with a punch.
"Disgusting fuck." Tifa frowned and they waited for the chaos to happen. Guards started trying to apprehend them, but they killed everyone who tried.
"Surrender now!" A brunette who has a dog on a leash went up to them. "We were trying to get into the military. And your disgusting officer wanted to get into our pants. So we killed him, come if you want to die too." Alex scoffed.
"You leave me no choice! Koro!" She used her biological Teigu and the dog transformed. Turning bigger as it bared its teeth.
"Tifa, rip that little dog apart. It's honestly an eye sore." Alex ordered and Tifa nodded. She walked up to the rabid looking dog and it ran at her on all fours.
It tried biting her, but Tifa kicked it on the face and it flew to the nearby buildings. She then jumped, landing on its body. Tifa put her hands on its arms and ripped it apart. She beat it up with its torn limbs and the teigu couldn't do anything.
"Koro! Go berserk!" The girl shouted out. And after shouting, she was stabbed by Masamune. Lifted up in the air by Alexandra as she looked at her coldly. "You ignore your recruiting officer's behavior and try to make us surrender? You will be a great example of why that's a bad idea."
Alex twisted the blade and lopped her head off after slicing through her shoulder. She then kicked her head right to the dog Teigu and Tifa picked it up. "Here's your little owner, have fun with it." She shoved it in its mouth and she buried her hand at its torso, destroying its core.
"I want a formal apology from the government. We will kill every single person who tries to arrest us. Remember that well, this was started by you." Alexandra declared and the imperial guard were slaughtered as the area they were in started getting painted by blood.
It went on for an hour before the capital made their move. A blue haired woman appeared before them and grinned. "So you two are the cause of all this?" (pic)
"Yeah, we were trying to get in the army and a weakling dared to want our bodies. We will not leave until the empire gives us a formal apology." Alexandra swung her blade, ridding it of blood.
The woman looked at the side and saw one of their Teigus destroyed. It was a pretty powerful biological Teigu that can give her a nice fight.
"I am general Esdeath, can you forgive the empire and join me?" She can't see any fatigue or injuries on them. Meaning it was a one sided battle that ended with thousands of soldiers dead. And a Teigu destroyed.
"You're kidding, woman. We don't want your apology and then recruit us. The empire recruits trash like that officer. Then we want an apology from the government. The emperor should be the one that is here right now." Alex squinted her eyes and stomped on the ground.
The area they were in started shaking and Esdeath got excited. "Well then, I have to make you join by force!" She tapped the ground and it was coated by a thin layer of ice.
Tifa punched the ground and it cracked all over. An earthquake made the capital tremble. Esdeath was shocked at her sheer power and Tifa threw the corpse of the dog at her as she jumped in the air.
She tried slicing it with her saber, but it was too thick and hard. Making her fall down on the ground because of the projectile.
"You know what, you're pretty strong. I'll enter the military, but you will be under me." Alexandra smirked at her and Esdeath grinned.
"Hoh? The weak are devoured by the strong. You are similar to me... Then let's fight for supremacy." She tried freezing Alexandra, but it was simply ineffective.
Tifa contained their battle so no collateral damage would happen and Alex brandished Masamune. She slashed at Esdeath and she immediately dodged, feeling the danger with her sixth sense.
She tried blocking the next ones with pillars of ice. But it was all sliced through like nothing. Esdeath created daggers of ice all around and sent it at her.
Alex blocked them all with her sword and Esdeath clicked her tongue. "Weak!" Alex appeared in front of her and held her head. She then smashed her on the ground, creating a crater.
"Mahapdama!" Esdeath used one of her trump cards and she stopped time by freezing it. She panted and frowned, the ability was taxing on her.
"You are strong, but you will lose and be under me." She smirked and was about to strike Alexandra. But she was surprised when she stopped her saber with her hand.
"Freezing time? This is how you stop time, stopja." Alex casted a spell and time stopped in the whole capital.
She then slugged Esdeath on the face and time resumed once again. She flew away, bouncing around in Tifa's barrier. Stopping in front of Alexandra.
"You're now under me, Esdeath." Alex skewered her on the chest and lifted her up, asserting dominance. "Hmmm, you aren't that simple. With a bit of polishing and training. You can be quite strong, beautiful too." Alexandra checked her more closely.
"W-what do you mean?" Esdeath coughed up blood, accepting her loss. Alexandra dismantled her trump card and defeated her in one hit after all.
"Nii-sama might like you, I'll train you to be better. You can't accept our bloodline the way you are now. You are too weak for my brother." Alexandra took out Masamune from her chest and healed her up.
"Hah, here again with your bloodline shenanigans. Ramiel will be the judge of that you know? Come on, Esdeath. Lead us to the emperor, he owes us an apology." Tifa rolled her eyes at Alex's antics.
They went to the castle and met up with the child emperor. Alex and Tifa raised a brow at his age and he was simply just a kid.
"You know what, Esdeath. We don't need an apology from a kid. He probably doesn't even know what's happening here." Alexandra sighed and gave the kid a Nintendo switch.
"Here, kid. Go play with that, it's got games you know?" She immediately started luring him to their side.
"That's disrespectful to the emperor!" A fat man immediately shouted out and Tifa blocked all sounds over the boy. She taught him how to play with the switch and Alex looked at the fat man.
"He's prime minister honest." Esdeath introduced to her new boss. "Hey you, fatty. You don't tell me what to do. You're not my boss, he is." Alexandra pointed at the emperor and Tifa was playing with him.
She was also starting to use magic on the kid so he would start to question Honest's role as his trusted advisor.
"Now, let us start with building our empire. Shall we?" Alexandra smirked and messaged night raid that they were in the inner circle of the empire already.
Businesses and nobles started getting assassinated immediately and they were taking over the capital bit by bit.
And Ramiel was micromanaging the businesses they were taking over like it was a real time attack, 100% category empire takeover speed run.
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